Arab media

'Hero' Gaza hospital director and op-ed writer for NYT revealed to have been Hamas colonel

Despite his Hamas rank being well known in Arabic media, Safiya was still invited to write opinion pieces for the NYT.

Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, shows the damage inside the hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.
People gather to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, and of other people who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, despite a US-brokered truce a year ago, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 24, 2025.

Weakened Hezbollah hesitates on retaliation while Israel warns of escalation - analysis

IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee.

Goodbye, 'Mr. evacuate now': Arab outlets weigh in on Adraee’s retirement

Hezbollah supporters gather to attend a ceremony to honour fighters killed in the recent escalation with Israel, to watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's address, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 3, 2023

Lebanon faces crucial crossroads as Hezbollah rejects disarmament - analysis


Voices from the Arab Press: Has Israel given a green light to Assad?

A roundup of Arab media.

PROTESTERS LAMBAST the Iran deal before then-US vice president Joe Biden’s visit to the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie, Florida, on September 3, 2015

Voices from the Arab press: Allowing Saudi women to drive — what it means

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Qingdao, China, on June 9

Voices from the Arab press: Why do we keep losing at the last minute?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

An Egypt fan looks dejected after his country's match vs Saudi Arabia at the World Cup, June 25, 2018

Voices from the Arab press: Qatari revenge at the FIFA World Cup

RUSSIA’S DENIS Cheryshev scores their second goal in the the Russia vs Saudi Arabia World Cup match on June 14 in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium

Arab press laments Israeli superiority in education, innovation, justice

The articles cited Israel's education, innovation, democratic values, the country's ability to prosecute corrupt officials and its political stability as the source of its success.

Media screens from Israeli media show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Voices from the Arab press: A strike on Syria reveals West's true intentions

This week's most pressing stories.

SUPPORTERS OF Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar take part in a rally in Benghazi, Libya, calling for Haftar to take over after a UN deal for a political solution missed what they said was a self-imposed deadline in December 2017

Political adviser to Syria’s Assad: Major victory over western missiles

“There are two things that the West and the Zionists want. One is that there be no unity in the [Arab] nation. The other is that [the Arab nation] not arm itself with science and knowledge."

Bouthaina Shaaban, envoy of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, speaks during an interview in Beijing August 15, 2012

Voices from the Arab press: corruption is our real threat

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

UNITED NATIONS Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers watch as Israeli workers build a wall near the border with Israel, near the village of Naqoura, Lebanon, early March 2018

Congressmen ask Justice Dep't to weigh Al Jazeera as foreign agent

“Al Jazeera’s record of radical anti-American, antisemitic, and anti-Israel broadcasts warrant scrutiny.”

Palestinian journalists are seen through a glass window at the offices of the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 15, 2009.

Voices from the Arab press: A shameful Egyptian deal

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

ANTI-GOVERNMENT protesters perform the Friday weekly prayers during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz in 2011